My ability to proofread increases by 1000% after I hit “Submit”.
this is often because when you’ve submitted something (like fanfiction to ao3) it will be in a different font, size and framing than in your word processor. The text will look different in the new environment so your brain stops skipping what looks familiar (like a typo that has been there since the beginning).
So, tip: revise your work in a different font and size. I guarantee you’ll catch more typos and mistakes than otherwise.
For all my writers (ones I follow and the ones that thankfully follow me)
I always re-read everything before posting as a draft on AO3, and I literally sometimes rewrite entire sections of fics that I hadn’t thought about twice while editing in Google docs.
It’s not just grammar/spelling, either, I find looking at it on another page and in the way it’s going to appear once posted helps me analyze for clarity/wording as well!
Tag: writing
When you’re writing aND YOU CAN’T FIND THE RIGHT WORD
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you’re welcome
*reblogs for later reference*
I’M IN THE MIDST OF WRITING A BOOK WHERE HAS THIS POST BEEN ALL MY LIFE
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[ PayPal: dmisfics @ gmail ]So my pain continues. What was supposed to be two months maximum off work with my knee operation has grown more desperate. Despite being able to return to work, work has no hours for me until March. On top of that, the company I do freelance writing through is having issues with my account not logging me in for three weeks with no word of when it will be fixed. I’ve also reached the end of my savings and drained pretty much every account and my credit card.
Upside… I have plenty of time to write?
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